# Amputations at ORCHID MONROE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016064886` · 6/2/2016 · MONROE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ORCHID MONROE, LLC
- **Location:** 350 21ST STREET, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:20 a.m., on June 2, 2016, an employee was attempting to adjust the air flow of the stamping press when his right little finger was caught in the press bumper that is used to stop the die from bottoming out. His finger was surgically amputated at the first joint.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*